Cain Skinner，曾经的犯罪霸主被判处无期徒刑。他从没有审视过自己的罪恶，而且直到入狱也不打算改过。但Cain经诊断为晚期癌症，这个重刑犯计划越狱。Cain, a crime king-pin sentenced to life in prison, sees his son Ricky come to jail on charges of accessory to murder, followed shortly by one of the gangsters he was charged with assassinating. Things get heated in the prison complex as Cain comes to terms with his neglect of his family while he deals with cancer. Foreseeing his own death behind bars, he determines to make Ricky and his enemy JD Parker see that they have something in common.